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May 20: Knight needs a strike partner
Albion manager Mark McGhee today put an ideal forward partner for Leon Knight at the top of his summer shopping list. McGhee wants to bring the best back out of Knight by finding him the right player to feed off and getting him fitter during pre-season
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Letter: Thanks for the recommendation
I would like to thank Dorothy and Fiona (Letters, May 13) for letting us all know about the fantastic exhibition at St Peter's Church. As I love to visit the open houses at Festival time, it's always nice to have somewhere recommended and I was not disappointed
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Letter: It is delightful to see our old church still in use
My sister and I grew up in Brighton in the Preston area and have many fond memories of attending services at St Peter's Church next to Preston Manor during our childhood. We were both terribly worried at the fate of "our" church when some years ago it
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Letter: In a spot of bother with the language
Why is it nowadays most people say "everyfing" instead of "everything"? "I fink," and not "I think"? "Bovver" instead of "bother"? "Wiv" and not "with"? "Wivin" and not "within"? The list goes on. No wonder standards are dropping. -Pam Hunt, Portslade
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Drink in history
Visitors are being attracted to a museum in their droves - thanks to an exhibition about booze. The Brighton History Centre, at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery in Pavilion Gardens, has seen its visitor figures rise by 72 per cent since 2004. Manager
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Abigail hunt police told of car scare
A possible new witness to the attempted murder of Abigail Witchalls has come forward following an appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch. A reconstruction of the attack in a quiet lane in Little Bookham, Surrey, on the BBC1 programme prompted 58 calls to the
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Soldier recalls ship disaster before reunion with rescuers
Former Royal Marine Bill Gill is preparing to shake hands for the first time with the American sailor who saved his life more than 60 years ago. Mr Gill, from Saltdean, Brighton, was one of 72 survivors from a crew of nearly 500 attacked by a German U-boat
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Swimmer launches £35,000 air and sea search
A swimmer sparked a £35,000 air and sea search when she left her clothes on a beach and went shopping. The woman was taking a dip in the sea off Bexhill when she decided to pop to a shop, so wrapped herself in a towel and wandered off. A man at the nearby
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Letter: PR would limit voters' ability to act swiftly and decisively
Now the General Election is over, I see the Lib-Dems are once again claiming the electoral system is unfair in spite of their best haul of seats since 1929. The sheer beauty of the British voting system is it allows voters to act swiftly and decisively
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Monday is Bob's cue to cheer up his queue
It is a damp Monday morning and the queue at the station ticket office is even longer than usual. The announcer says your train has been cancelled and the boss is calling about your breakfast meeting. Just as you realise you are wearing odd socks a few
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Letter: Keep following your vision, Celia
I have great admiration for our new Hove MP Celia Barlow. She was elected when all the odds were against her. Her Conservative opponent ran a strong and good election campaign. He conducted it with great courtesy and first-rate publicity and yet, in the
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Player cleared of pitch attack
A footballer has been cleared of attacking a linesman after a cup match. Handcross defender Keith Boniface was found not guilty of causing actual bodily harm to Tony Eke during the quarter final clash. Mr Eke, manager of opponents Old Varndeanians, was
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Letter: Remembering Max the man
I have been invited by the Max Miller Appreciation Society to give a talk about my 28-year association with him. It will not concern his showbusiness career, of course, but strictly private happenings. As a Brightonian of some 74 years, I still remember
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Letter: Support for the Green Party is rising
Like Brighton Pavilion Tory candidate Mike Weatherly (Letters, May 12), I would like to thank all the voters of Pavilion who placed their cross against my name. I, too, owe a great deal to the many Green Party members who worked long hours to push our
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Critics pan gay issues trip to States
Sussex Police have been criticised for sending two officers on a six-week "jolly" to San Francisco. The trip, paid for by a £5,000 bursary, will allow the officers to take part in a Pride march and learn how US police deal with the lesbian, gay and transgender
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Noah's Ark, West Quay, Brighton Marina, May 24 - 28
Getting children to go to the theatre can be like trying to force-feed them Brussel sprouts. But chuck in a huge dose of adventure and suddenly theatre can be as exciting as cd:uk. Noah's Ark, the world's best-known nautical adventure, takes the classic
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Letter: Oh, for a donkey's life
I was taken aback at the progressive and generous employment conditions enjoyed by the donkeys who carry children along Blackpool Beach (The Argus, May 14). Under council bylaws (no doubt passed on the hoof) they get an annual medical to ensure their
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Barker is in charge again even if Norris is fit to race
Dean Barker is set to take over as the Eastbourne Eagles captain. Barker has led Eagles in their last two matches and will captain the team again in tomorrow night's Knockout Cup tie against Peterborough even if current skipper David Norris is passed
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Rugby: Sussex battle to reach Twickenham
Sussex coach Ian Davies today admitted his county team are massive underdogs to reach a Twickenham final. Victory over Middlesex at Worthing tomorrow could be enough to send Sussex into the County Shield decider at headquarters a week on Sunday. Tomorrow's
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Letter: Showing yobs on TV encourages them
I have often thought publicity, particularly on matters of crime, can at times have a reverse effect from that intended. Last Saturday, I sat and watched a TV documentary about hooded yobs and their latest craze of slapping the faces of strangers, then
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Football: New Hillians boss is his own man
New Burgess Hill manager Steve Johnson today insisted he will be in sole charge of team affairs, even though former boss Gary Croydon will still be at the club. Croydon resigned at the end of last season but he is one three directors at Leylands Park,
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Shopowner moves to avoid avoid parking rules
A businessman has blamed a town hall's parking regime for the closure of his shop. David Ford, managing director of the Tranquility Aquatic and Reptile Centre in George Street, Brighton, said trade had dropped off by 70 per cent in recent years. He said
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Avril Lavigne, Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, May 23
Women in pop often get shoehorned into a cliched category. Either you're a pop tart going to ever more desperate lengths in your videos (Britney, Christina, Girls Aloud), an R&B diva (J-Lo, Beyonc) or an indie chick that never quite matches the ferocity
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The Chemical Brothers, Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, May 24
Ten years ago, The Chemical Brothers were just about to release their ground-breaking debut album Exit Planet Dust. Tracks like Song To The Siren and Leave Home mixed and matched hip hop beats and techno squeals. At the time, jungle and progressive house
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A, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, May 22
Now going over a decade, these Kerrang! favourites established an international following with their last album, Hi-Fi Serious, which spawned three Top 20 hits and saw them tour America and Japan as well as Europe. Now the rock metallers are back with
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Nigel Kennedy, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, May 23
Undeniably one of the most talented classical musicians of his generation, Nigel Kennedy is well known for his love for jazz and rock. He appears here as part of The Nigel Kennedy Jazz Project, a collective of leading Polish contemporary jazz musicians
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Start Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
12A, 140mins) Starring Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L Jackson, Christopher Lee, and the voices of Frank Oz and Anthony Daniels. Directed by George Lucas We've endured pod race storypadding, midichlorians, clunky
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The Story Of Ronald, The Clown From McDonald's, Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton
Not for the faint-hearted or those sensitive to smell, this avant garde theatre introduces new levels of the grotesque and the bizarre. In an attempt to criticise capitalist, consumerist society, the three actors spend two hours building a rubbish tip
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Esbjorn Svensson Trio, The Dome Theatre, Brighton
Having never seen the Esbjorn Svensson Trio (EST) before, I was uncertain what to expect beyond a basic modern jazz, piano-based combo. The support act, the equally unknown Eivind Aarset Trio, did little to prepare me for what was to come. Eivind Aarset
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Alison Farr, Pavillion Theatre, Brighton
Alsion Farr is a young pianist with a glittering career ahead of her. At her Festival recital, she showed tremendous technique and a flair for the difficult and the different. A graduate of the Wells Cathedral School and Royal Academy of Music and the
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May 20: You decide the best Albion XI of all time
Stuart Storer skips down the right wing, looks up and delivers an inch perfect cross which Bobby Zamora flicks on for Peter Ward, arriving late at the far post, to rifle home. Fantasy football? Absolutely. Maybe even Mark Lawrenson started the move with
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Letter: Extended hours for Shopmobilityr
Thanks to a grant from Age Concern England, my committee has agreed to extend our opening hours during the summer months. From Tuesday, May 10, to Thursday, September 29, our opening times will be from 9am-4pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you
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Fans in force for final episode
Star Wars mania hit Sussex yesterday, with the final film in the series giving cinemas their biggest audiences to date. About 3,000 fans went through the doors of the Odeon in West Street, Brighton, last night. A spokesman said yesterday: "When I arrived
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Letter: This is service is definitely not post haste
Has anyone noticed how late the post is nowadays? I don't receive my post until 11.30am-12noon. I used to get it at 7.30-8am before I left for work. Now I find myself ringing my wife daily to find out if anything important has arrived. You would think
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Head over heels on pebble dash
A conceptual artist and environmentalist is to cartwheel from Brighton to London to protest against people taking stones off beaches. Mark McGowan will carry out the stunt in June and plans to complete the 57 miles with two 12lb rocks shackled to his
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Billie-Jo's death was instant, court told
Schoolgirl Billie-Jo Jenkins' death would have been virtually instantaneous, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Pathologist Dr Nathaniel Carey told the jury the 13-year-old's scalp had been hit so hard that it had split. He gave evidence yesterday at the
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Letter: It's vandalism not to let the wild flowers set seed
If our native wild flowers are endangered, could Brighton and Hove City Council explain why the St Dunstan's roundabout on the coast road was mown before the wonderful display of cowslips had set seed? Fortunately, the colony on the south bank of the
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Letter: Fly in ointment
I like just about everything in Brighton and Hove - the weather, the variety of architecture and plans for tall buildings, the variety of people who live, work, study and retire here, the city's rough and tumble reputation, the bus service, the restaurants
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You decide the best Albion XI of all time
Stuart Storer skips down the right wing, looks up and delivers an inch perfect cross which Bobby Zamora flicks on for Peter Ward, arriving late at the far post, to rifle home. Fantasy football? Absolutely. Maybe even Mark Lawrenson started the move with
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Knight needs a strike partner
Albion manager Mark McGhee today put an ideal forward partner for Leon Knight at the top of his summer shopping list. McGhee wants to bring the best back out of Knight by finding him the right player to feed off and getting him fitter during pre-season
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Phone line fury for shop owners
Traders whose phones have been cut off for two weeks because of a fault on BT cable say they have lost about a quarter of their business. About 30 homes and shops in Trafalgar Street, Brighton, have been left in the lurch since their phones went dead
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Southern Water's postcards warn of cuts
A water company has taken the unprecedented step of writing to 300,000 people urging them to help prevent a drought. The message, personally addressed to customers, is a last-ditch attempt to stave off the worst water shortages in a decade. Southern Water
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Sewer network gets £96,000 to increase capacity
Sussex homes at risk of flooding are to benefit from a £96,000 scheme to improve the sewer network. Thames Water will shortly start work on homes in Park Way, Crawley. Many houses in that area have been flooded when heavy rainfall has proved too much
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College art centre will glow at night
A public school wants to build a new arts centre to show off its students' "breathtaking" work. Brighton College has submitted a planning application to Brighton and Hove City Council for a £1.2 million four-storey glass building that would glow at night
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Marine recalls ship disaster before reunion with rescuers
Former Royal Marine Bill Gill is preparing to shake hands for the first time with the American sailor who saved his life more than 60 years ago. Mr Gill, from Saltdean, Brighton, was one of 72 survivors from a crew of nearly 500 attacked by a German U-boat
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Vespers, St Bartholomew's Church, Ann Street, Brighton, May 20
A prodigiously talented pianist, Rachmaninov is best known for his dramatic and highly passionate piano concertos. Yet the Russian composer was also blessed with a tremendous gift for choral writing. Vespers, written in 1913, has been described as one
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Harold Budd, Dome Concert Hall, New Road, Brighton, May 21
Whether or not he was ever happy with the label, pianist and composer Harold Budd is known as a founding father of the ambient movement, having developed a sparse, atmospheric sound similar to that of Brian Eno. For this, apparently his last ever live
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Mark Knopfler, Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, May 25
Guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler achieved global superstar status as leader, then sole regular member, of the all-conquering melodic rock band Dire Straits. The group is best known for Brothers In Arms, still one of the best-selling albums of all time
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South San Gabriel, Hanbury Ballroom, St Georges Road, Brighton May 25
This is the third Brighton performance from alt country combo South San Gabriel. The group's is a loose collective led by Will Johnson, who also records as a solo artist and as leader of fuzz-rockers Centro-matic. In his South San Gabriel guise you can
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Bucket Head, Brighton Komedia, Saturday May 21
Simon Munnery blasted into the comedy circuit by the seat of his pants, and with Bucket Head has juiced up a nuttily nifty take on the world. In this new show, Simon imagines a future where an increasing number of people have taken to wearing buckets
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Salad Days, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, May 24 - 28
Fifty years ago, an engaging musical about two young lovers who encounter a magical piano opened in the West End. No show has managed to capture the spirit of Fifties Britain in quite the same way. And now Matthew Townsend presents his version of the
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The Jungle Book, The Hawth, Crawley, May 24 - 28
The man behind the monkey movement in Greystoke, Gorillas In The Mist and Congo, top animal expert Peter Elliot will be choreographing the paw moves in this new production of The Jungle Book. With a little help from Disney, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle
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Mysterious Skin
(18, 105mins) Drama. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Elisabeth Shue, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jeffrey Licon, Lisa Long, Bill Sage, George Webster, Chase Ellison. Indie director Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation, Totally F***ed Up)
